People really need to ask before doing things like this as there are many reasons that people dont want photos of their children online.
I my self dont like to put my life out there. I dont mind the odd thing or photo but I dont have my every living moment recorded on social media. I mind if others like to do that but its just not something im comfortable with for myself.

Yes I would politely ask her to remove it. There has been incidents where photos on social media have been photo shopped or used for illegal things such as blackmail, exortion etc.

How many of you mothers use your children’s photo’s in your icons without their permission?

This is why I dislike social media,Refuse to be on face book or any other thing with you twit face in it,This is completely disrespectful to the family and very much a brain numbing thought from the poster,Do as you would like done to you,Cheer’s Krusty.

The mother is within her rights, to ask to remove the photos. I will not post photos of anyone to facebook, if I want to share a cute picture, with another family member or friend, I do so in a private message. I think it would be similar if photos were in a newspaper without permission. People need to be mindful to not breach the privacy of others.

It’s about respect and courtesy. I think you should always ask someone if you can post a photo of their child. There are many issues at play here – that can involve family estrangement, families in hiding, a parent’s choice, a child’s digital footprint. Just don’t do it.

Always a touchy subject when it comes to other people and kids in general. It’s just polite to ask first and never assume.

I’d politely ask her to take it down. We have a family policy – we don’t post photos of anyone – kids or ourselves on the Internet. It’s a blanket policy, which makes it easier to ask other people to respect it.

That is not good, you should never post a picture on line without that person’s permission. She has every right to be upset.

No it is never okay to post a photo online without permission. I refuse to post any photos online of my family at all. Mainly because they are there forever and you have no control.

No matter how much you put photos on and delete them tfacebook still has your deleted photos stored away so in other words there is no privacy at all with Facebook, but other than that she should have asked out of respect some people like to live private lives or for the safety of either there family or child. Or some people could have other reasons e.g the family could be wealthy so they pinch child for money these things do happen anyway it would be the right thing to ask there is no privacy on Facebook even if your profile is on private computers are smart the technology these days…..

I think it’s well within the parents rights to ask to have the photo deleted or at least have their child blurred out of it. Doesn’t matter if the Facebook page is private, their could be friends who screen shot the photo and share it on their Facebook. Facebook definitely has a ripple effect that cannot be pre-determined by anyone

I remember when we just started Facebook, these things wouldn’t even come to mind. Times have changed. Some people are flexible with this and others more rigid and protective. It’s good to ask before you post and perfectly fine to respond on a post involving your family, to have it removed

Common to the poster and her response are sensible light adult conversations usually resolve most things.

Yes it is ok to ask the person to remove the photos and not to post any in the future. Just be polite but firm about it.

If they don’t want pics of their kids on the internet fair enough but I find the whole ‘recognisable’ pics thing a bit weird! If it’s a public profile I wouldn’t want pics of my kids on their either but a private page no problems. But in saying that I guess it’s no worse then a kids pic going into a school newsletter anyone can look at it!

If it’s their choice to only post unrecognisable pics of their child on he net then I can understand them wanting any recognisable pics to be taken down. Honestly unless you’ve checked with the parents I think it’s a bad idea posting photos of someone else’s child. Once something is on the internet it never can be removed.

In my idea it depends on how you share the pictures. If you share them public, of course. I would ask to remove them. But if they are private, shared just with your friends, I don’t find it a big deal. It’s like showing your photo album with pictures of your kids and other kids to your friends.

Yeah these days you have to be rather cautious.

I always ask permission firstly just to take a pic of any other kid than my own. I certainly my don’t post pics online until I know the other parent is ok with it. However I do get upset when someone takes a pic of my kids without permission.